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Letter from Moscow

A Black Communist’s Disappearance in Stalin’s Russia

What happened to Lovett Fort-Whiteman, the only known African American to die in the Gulag?

Dispatch

Who Gets to Escape the Taliban

The chaotic U.S. withdrawal forced individual soldiers, aid workers, and journalists to decide which Afghans would be saved.

Our Local Correspondents

Two Crime Crusaders at the N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate

Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa met onstage to talk about the future.

Q. & A.

Andrew Yang’s Third-Party Aspirations

The entrepreneur turned politician makes the case for his new project, the Forward Party.

Mourning What You Were Never Fond Of

An Animated Portrait of Life with the Ghosts of Children

Searching for Coherence in Asian America

The Many Wars of Pat Barker

How an Adoption Broker Cashed In on Prospective Parents’ Dreams

Puzzles & Games

Name Drop

A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.

Crossword

A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.

Cryptic Crossword

A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.

Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

Cultural Comment

What Does Kyrsten Sinema Really Want?

The Arizona senator seems bent on proving to the world that she is not like other Democrats.

Culture Desk

Trader Joe Wrote a Memoir

The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage.

The Front Row

A Newly Released Coltrane Tape

This live recording, from 1965, shows the saxophonist’s band at the breaking point of avant-garde inspirations.

The New Yorker Documentary

Healing Dual Traumas at a Wildlife Sanctuary

In “Mama,” a survivor of sexual abuse finds an unusual place of refuge.

Listening Booth

Young Thug Defies Expectations Again

His new album, “Punk,” is a brilliant surprise.

Annals of a Warming Planet

A Syrian Seed Bank’s Fight to Survive

Scientists have raced to safeguard a newly precious resource: plants that can thrive in a changing climate.

Photo Booth

Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D.

Jill Freedman set out to create a clear-eyed portrait of the police. What she made was something more complicated.

The Theatre

Two Plays Bring the Unexpected to Broadway

“Is This a Room” and “Chicken & Biscuits” rise above their pre-Broadway origins.

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Contributors

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Our Columnists

America’s Workers Are Fighting Back: Can They Win?

Rachel Syme
The New Yorker Interview

Edie Falco Knows How to Let Go

Louisa Thomas
The Sporting Scene

Candace Parker Brings It Home

Peter Slevin
Dispatch

A Chicago High School Reopens, with Fears of Gun Violence

Michael Schulman
Outreach Dept.

Bringing Barbershop Talk to the Stage

Dhruv Khullar
Medical Dispatch

The Complex Business of Vaccine Mandates

Carrie Battan
Culture Desk

A Taste of Adele’s Divorce Album

Alex Ross
Culture Desk

Marian Anderson’s Bone-Chilling Rendition of “Crucifixion”

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In Focus

The Coronavirus Crisis

Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.

Racial Injustice and Policing

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.

Dept. of Returns

Stories of life after the vaccine.

The Future of Democracy

An exploration of democracy in America.

From This Week’s Issue

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Tad Friend on MasterClass and the allure of expertise , Sheelah Kolhatkar on an adoption scammer , Paul McCartney on his lyrics , and more.

Table of Contents »
October 25, 2021
Creatures at intersectionsidewalk crossing

“Beasts and Beauties,” by Edward Steed.

Humor

Daily Shouts

A Taxonomy of Migraines

The Puddin’ Pop, the Headbanger’s Ball, the Glitter Bomb, and more.

Daily Shouts

How I Plan to Knock My Baby Down a Peg

The best part of having a baby will be making him wear humiliating little shirts that he cannot yet comprehend.

Satire from The Borowitz Report

El Chapo Refuses Shared Prison Cell with Steve Bannon

The ex-kingpin said that he was speaking “out of an abundance of caution.”

Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Jeff Bezos Thrusts Into Space

While the world burns.

Daily Shouts

Life in the Facebook Metaverse

Nazi propaganda, fraud, imagery with visible human female nipple—there was danger around every corner.

Shouts & Murmurs

How to Care for Your Bigfoot: A Guide

If you want Bigfoot to respond to obedience training, you must make a convincing alpha.

Fiction & Poetry

Fiction

“The Umbrella”

“When she was half asleep, a strange desire came drifting into her consciousness: If only I had an umbrella, she thought.”

Poems

“Spring Recalled in Spring”

“Open the book, but the page cracks. / Take your arm, but it’s gone.”

This Week in Fiction

On Translating Tove Ditlevsen

A conversation with Michael Favala Goldman, who translated Ditlevsen’s short story in this week’s issue.

Poems

“Continuity”

“Before getting into the cab, she hands him a cup. / Then, after they kiss, she hands him the cup again.”

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